Thoissey

Administration
Thoissey

Ceiling of the apothecary shop


Thoissey

Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Thoissey
Mayor	Maurice Voisin (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	168–178 m (551–584 ft) (avg. 177 m/581 ft)
Land area¹	1.4 km² (0.54 sq mi)
Population²	1,498 (2008)
- Density	1,070 /km² (2,800 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01420/ 01140
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Thoissey is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

The Chalaronne forms the commune's southeastern border, then flows into the Saône, which forms its western border.

This commune, formerly walled, was the second city of the principality of Dombes and housed, for this principality, a collège founded in 1680.

Historical population of Thoissey
Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	1189	1442	1377	1252	1545	1628	1563	1515	1701	1668

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	1663	1748	1609	1611	1518	1538	1461	1400	1356	1324

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	1202	1047	1159	1153	1012	1104	1083	1210	1445	1454

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	1481	1306	1358	1498

A Lavoir of the 19th century.
A 19th century church, restored in 2007, housing works of the Lyonnais painter, Daniel Sarrabat (17th century); a set of six paintings dedicated to Mary Magdalene; three delivered in 1706 and three in 1713.
The apothecary’s shop of the ancient sisters' hospital, of the 18th century. In 1700, a rich draper, Etienne Pollo, is responsible for the founding of Thoissey’s hospital. In 1701, the duke of Maine gave the letters patent for the creation of “L’Hôpital de la Charité”. The apothecary's shop was built between 1731 and 1735. Walnut boiseries on the walls are the work of Jean Noblet, master carpenter. The ceiling was painted by Lugnot on a marouflaged canvas (cf. photo). About 60 faience pots from Nevers decorated with a cobalt blue camaieu were used to collect the substances used by the apothecary, they were placed in niches and Renaissance style sideboards.

Jean-Baptiste Marchand, french explorer and general officer, born and buried in Thoissey.

Communes of the Ain department